Run Report by Duds
A pleasant first run. Thank you Rodders.
In attendance were: Chris and Susie (what can I add ?), John and Kate (aah), Rob Hawkins (like a doe eyed dear in a forest glade sir – at high speed), Doug (I’ll pretend I’m really unfit but keep up with everyone else for the whole run), Ricky "white chicken legs" Arnold, Michael "the bread man" H and myself.
Not too hilly for a first outing and extremely dry underfoot (considering it was the first run of the season). Don’t want to bore you all to death with a description of the run but basically we turned left out of the pub car park, ran along the road for a few hundred metres, turned left onto a green and past some houses, along a dirt track and through some fields, through some woods, across a road, across some more fields and a golf course, along a grass path near some boats and a marina, along a gently rising road to a T-junction, over the road, in amongst some houses, turned right, along a fenced off path up a steady hill, turned right at the top of the valley, up another incline, into a small wood and onto a road which none of us recognised, turned right at the green with the houses that we had run past earlier in the run, turned right onto a road and right into the pub car park.
Anyone of the non-runners recognise the route ?
No major dramas except the writer doing an overly dramatic forward roll in one of the wooded areas and a fair amount of grunting, groaning and sweating. A little stiff this morning but that’s another story.
Also, and it should be noted, Doug decided not to buy any scratchings or crisps on the first round because he felt we wouldn’t have enough cash in the kitty. Sacrilege in my book…… We did make up for it on the second round though.
The pub chat started where we had left off at the end of last season (i.e. in the gutter) and seems to focus on "dogging" in the environs of Marlow, Amersham and Maidenhead thicket…… A few of the runners seemed to be quite knowledgeable on the subject which was a little worrying.
Anyway, next week (11th) we decided that it would be a lovely idea to run from The Peacock which is situated just outside Lane End on the road to Stokenchurch at a kind of crossroads) with a 6:45 pm sharp start, OK.
By the way and for those of you that don’t yet know, Steve Sutton (Spider) became a father for the 3rd time a few days ago. Another little (8lbs 5 oz. ?) baby girl named Libby. Well done Steve and Nic.
Love and kisses,
Duds.
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